Smoking bans extended

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is due to enforce tobacco-smoking bans in or at 81 newly-listed public places, including airport terminals, ATMs and hotel lobbies, according to a November 6 story in The Bangkok Post.
Separate smoking areas will be allowed in some places.
The list was published in the Royal Gazette, which indicated the bans would be enforced in 90 days.
New no-smoking zones include hospitals, clinics, schools, nurseries, homes for the elderly, health and massage parlors, libraries, learning centers, gymnasiums, swimming pools, ATMs, public toilets, grocery shops, theaters, game shops, drug stores, meeting venues, shopping centers, government offices and organizations, zoos, amusement and water parks, laundry shops, bus stops, piers, taxi and van stands, and public areas of airports, hotels and condominium buildings.
Areas within a five-meter radius of the entrances and exits of such places will also be no-smoking zones.
However, the ministry will allow universities, government offices, state enterprises and airports to have separate smoking areas.